Age effects on perceived personality and job performance

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 867-885

  Bertolino, Marilena ^a   Truxillo, Donald M ^b   Fraccaroli, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Job performance; Personality; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889007825     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JMP-07-2013-0222     Document Type: Article

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